The successful open source image editing software GIMP has gain a new update. GIMP 2.8.4 has been released, this is a stable release from GIMP 2.8 series which brings lots of bug fixes and many translation updates including new Brazilian-Portuguese translation to the Windows installer.

Here are some changes from GIMP 2.8.2 to GIMP 2.8.4:

Move the OSX gimpdir to "~/Library/Application Support"

Better names for the default filters in save and export

Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive

Remember the "maximized" state across sessions

Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again

Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers

Various fixes for text style attribute handling

Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers

Make language selectable in Preferences on OSX

And more!

For a complete list of change from GIMP 2.8.2 to GIMP 2.8.4 please click here.